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June 2:
"Mountain Bluet" and Viburnum
trilobum in bloom. Total number of
daffodils
'deadheaded'= 1781!!
June 3:
Two of the shrub roses beginning to bloom. Also,
the white
Siberian iris. Buds on the two peonys
June 8:
Pink oriental poppies, deep pink peony, "
June 9:
Put Celosia pluminosa 'New Look' in
planters for in
front of breezeway. Has deep red leaves and
flowers
June 12: Hemerocalis 'Stella DiOro'
and Lilium Martagon
Hybrids beginning
to bloom.
June 26:
H. 'Stella DiOro' in full, glorious bloom
in 3
different locations. First hollyhock blossom
across the lane.
June 28: Hemerocalis fulva
now in full
display in 'wild' bed across the road and in the several transplanted
spots.
July 15:
Hybrid hemerocalis began blooming. Tall,
red monarda is in full bloom. Phlox making a
nice display.
July 20:
Tall, red monarda blooming. Also,
self seeded white cleome and various colored nicotiana.
Nice display of Gloriosa Daisies at the
near edge of
the back field to the right of the large "cranberry bush." These were
started by CGS with seeds and some plants a few years ago in a row and
are self
seeding over time.
July 30:
Clematis viginiana on the front wall and
added
fencing began blooming.
August 5:
Self-seeded, white cleomes blooming below the lower wall at the far
left end,
as usual. Also, many self-seeded nicotiana
blooming
among the weeds and grass at the rear of the old main garden.
Aug. 15:
Hollyhocks looking very poor because of all the rain. So far rain in
Aug. here=
3.65".
Aug. 22:
Some of the shrub roses are reblooming. 2 of the perennial asters- Sept. Ruby & Treasurer-
starting.
Aug. 26: Hosta grandiflora
above the rock
garden beginning to bloom.
September
13: Began cutting down hollyhock stalks; flowering is all but
over.
Short, pink
sedum is blooming.
Sept. 24:
"Mrs. Gesell's" perennial aster blossoms
beginning to show.
Sept. 27:
The pink perennial aster that is always last to bloom is coloring.
October
13: Cut down perennials in the "main garden" and the "RR
ties" bed using the "brush hog."
October
18: First frost and freeze of the fall- a bit later than usual. Farm
low
temperature= 28.8 F
October
28: Heavy rain until 1500. Then wet, heavy snow
into the
night. Next morning, 10/29, some 2" on the
ground. Shrubs and some trees weighted down. Huge
forsythia only a short mound. One stem of the Amur
maple across the road at corner of old barn foundation weighted down to
the
ground- looks bad for it.
November
3: First blossom on one of the "holiday" cacti. All 4 of them
have
buds,
some quite large.
By the
end of November all 3 kinds of "holiday" cacti had bloomed-white with
pink center, rose red & an orange
Jan. 20:
Repotted some house plants. Took a root
cutting of
a wiry type cactus and started it in a small clay pot.
Jan. 21:
February
16:
Descendent of
old, blue African violet from "Ma" Ketz is
blooming. Lineage goes back to 1940s!
Feb. 20:
The remaining stem of the cut back "Crown of Thorns" now has one
blossom. There are 2 new sprouts.
March
1: The
six
geraniums at the back SE living room window are beginning to bloom. One
at
front window has three blossoms, with one just ending. It has had at least one flower all winter.
Geranium
cuttings started on January 12th (see above) are doing very well!!
Mar. 15:
Lone crocus shoot showing at sunny end of post light wall where snow
has melted
off.
Mar. 17:
Snow completely gone from flower bed at front across the lane. Many
daffodil
leaves showing nicely.
Mar. 28:
Came across 1st crocus blooming in the grass at the end of the house.
Odd how
these self sow in lawn.
Mar. 29:
Broadcast saved 2008 Gloriosa Daisy" seeds
in
the front bed across the road. Some plants already
exist.
April
1:
Crocuses at
front around the small front yard maple tree are blooming. Face
southwest so PM
sun.
Apr. 10:
A few daffodils across the road in front bed opened flowers.
Apr. 14:
Most of 'daffys' across the road are
blooming.
Apr. 16:
Forsythia "Meadowlark" at end of stonewall
across the road above the driveway began blooming.
Apr. 18:
Huge forsythia "Meadowlark" behind low stone wall at center of lower
border and the long time white hyacinths above the front end of the
rock garden
began blooming.
Apr. 20:
Geraniums in the house have many and large, gorgeous flower heads. Best
ever, I
believe.
Apr. 27: Bloosoms on the Magnolia soulangeana
began opening.
May 1 to 24: Regret not keeping up
with developments day to day. Here is a summary from
memory-
"Deadheaded" all the daffodils. There were 2338 spent blossoms.
"Jacobs Ladder" in the end of side wall planting space bloomed. One blossom on the very small, "hanging on" tree peony.
Old lilacs that were transplanted across from the house years ago from
along
the lane at the T intersection on top of the ridge bloomed heavily. The
two
native dogwoods that were transplanted from the woods to below the
corner apple
tree bloomed inordinately heavily. The few tulips above the rock garden
bloomed. Lily of the valley bloomed. Columbines at end of house began
to bloom,
with the A. canadense very much ahead of
the hybrids.
May
25: Potted
the nine
rooted geranium cuttings that were started under fluorsecent
lites months ago. Set out "boughten"
red salvia plants above the near end of the rock garden and put four
each in two
good sized potts. Put Celosia plumosias
in the five large planter boxes that go in front of the breezeway. Also
four in a pot. Transplanted "Feverfew" at base of
house foundation
below dining room windows.
May 26:
Old purple iris began blooming. Also "Mountain Bluet"
(Centaurea
June 1: Started 60 birdseed
sunflower seeds in six pacs. Rosa rugosa beginning to bloom. Flower
buds appearing on the "Feverfew."
June 3: Started 36 Tompson and Morgan 2006 "Pastache" fancy sunflower
seeds in six pacs. These and the ones from 6/1 are germinating in the
dining room where temp is 66-68 F. Outside temps range from 40 to 65 F.
Put a New Guinea impatiens in a large pot along with four purple
alyssums.
Other two put
in the front planter boxes by breezeway. Pink oriental poppies
beginning to bloom. Also, Tradescantia
virginiana
and the large, wild "Cranberry Bush"
(V. trilobum).
June 5: Pink peony in lower border began blooming. Potted a 'survivor'
Lilium I found in a container of saved 2008 soil. Tall and spindly.
June 6: Both the old purple Siberian iris at end of the rock garden and
the white one in the lower border began blooming. Roto-tilled with the
Bolens two strips in the back field where grass had been killed weeks
ago. This in preparation for broadcasting Gloriosa Daisy seeds in one
strip and holyhock seeds in the other. All seeds saved from 2008 and
earlier.
June 7: Started approx. 40 calendula 'Pacific Beauty Mixed' 2006
Stokes' seeds in a flat. Likewise, Thompson and Morgan 'Kablouna Gold'
from 2007. (Derek) Moved a lonely sunflower volunteer seedling
from a Lilium pot to a small transplanting pot.
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